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Great mark by Ryan followed by a clear block by Rioli and clear play-on by Sheed. I know it'll be easy to shut me down as a sore loser, but is there any way Sheed shouldn't have been called for play-on? Ridiculous and cowardly umpiring.

Brownlow Medallist

They let plenty go all game both ways (like Howe dragging it back in late in the third, and then a clear incorrect disposal 30 seconds later by a Pie defender), so you can't just pick out a couple at the end as the influential ones.

Brownlow Medallist

In saying that, dunno whether you can call that a wrong call in a grand final. If in doubt let it go. You need a bit of luck to win a close game sometimes, especially a close gf. Collingwood can probably point to the ridiculous decision to chip it around with 3 minutes to go if they want to blame anything.

Premiership Player

The biggest thing the AFL can do to fix the game is make the rules clear without interpretation and enforce the rules.
The game is riddled with umpire errors or bad interpretations, clear it up make it simple and the game would be better for it.

Club Legend

Maybe the Pies were a bit stiff with West Coast's match winning goal I'd argue Stephenson ran 20-25 metres without bouncing the ball before his goal late in the 1st quarter.

Collingwood was leading 30-2 latish in the 1st quarter and was outscored 77-44 from there. Plus if Liam Ryan's two last quarter shots went inbetween the big posts instead of hitting the posts, the controversy before Sheed's mark and goal would be academic.

Norm Smith Medallist

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Great mark by Ryan followed by a clear block by Rioli and clear play-on by Sheed. I know it'll be easy to shut me down as a sore loser, but is there any way Sheed shouldn't have been called for play-on? Ridiculous and cowardly umpiring.

Coffee. Football. Metal.

Just got home from the game. Collingwood got the better of the umpiring all day. In the second quarter the Eagles were bent over. No doubt about it. The rubbish 50 that went the Eagles' way and the Rioli infringement (was right in front of me actually) were the only two obvious passages I could see at the game which went the Eagles' way. Also curious why Sidebottom wasn't penalised for a deliberate rushed behind at the end. Haven't seen a replay but at the game it looked like it should have been called deliberate.

Rookie

Contentious call that could have really gone either way as players wrestle like that all the time but don't for the mark. was let go all game anyway so it would have made even less sense to pay it then but not any other time. and if you want to pick out that one call that favoured West Coast, then start calling out the ones that cost West Coast.

Team Captain

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Great mark by Ryan followed by a clear block by Rioli and clear play-on by Sheed. I know it'll be easy to shut me down as a sore loser, but is there any way Sheed shouldn't have been called for play-on? Ridiculous and cowardly umpiring.

Club Legend

The sad thing for Pies fans is that it could have been called a block and it would have been barely questioned,with Collingwood going on to win the GF and the footy world praising the Eagles for their fighting spirit. With Sheed nailing the kick it takes on greater significance. Maybe the ump thought he wouldn’t kick it from that angle.

It looked a block to me as Rioli doesn’t look at any stage interested in competing for the mark...you wonder why they brought in the rule if it’s not to allow Maynard to compete.

The vibe says the Eagles had a lot of chances to win in the last quarter, therefore it’s not a bad decision. But the more critical analysis says Rioli prevented Maynard from competing without any intent to compete himself.

Flat Circle

Everyone talks about the Howe decision like the Sheed thing was a square up but fail to remember Barrass getting caught dead in the Pies forward fifty a minute before that. In the end it doesn't really matter. Game's over, result is all that matters.

Debutant

Everyone talks about the Howe decision like the Sheed thing was a square up but fail to remember Barrass getting caught dead in the Pies forward fifty a minute before that. In the end it doesn't really matter. Game's over, result is all that matters.

Team Captain

Watched the replay a number of times and I don't see why this is controversial.

Rioli and Maynard are clearly wrestling with each other as is normal for a forward 50 marking contest. Sheed then cuts across in front of them and takes a mark.

That ball was going to that contest before it was cut off.

It's not like he saw Maynard coming and just stepped in and took his run.

Anyway, if you want controversial how Howe not being done holding the ball? Or Goldsack just before half time in the fwd pocket? Or another time about 15m out in front of goals (Goldsack again?)? All text book holding the ball calls that weren't paid in the west coast fwd 50.

Brownlow Medallist

Thought the umpires did a good job, but Sheed played on and they missed it after (correctly) calling the Grundy play-on earlier. They're usually red hot on it. Blocking looked obvious from the boundary side camera too.